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The U.S. factory captures rainwater to cool equipment and flush toilets. It is surrounded by buffalo grass, which doesn’t need watering, and ponds developed during construction are retained for their environmental benefits. Outdoor LEDs light the night....More

The upbeat responses stem from faster-than-expected technical advances and a growing willingness by auto makers to hire new talent and loosen the purse strings for cutting-edge technologies and lighter-weight materials....More

With suppliers on board early in the design process, GM benefits from their valuable input and best practices and is privy to their latest technologies, says the auto maker’s top purchasing executive....More

Qualcomm’s Chris Borroni-Bird wants to equip smartphones with warning systems that would alert people if they were about to walk into the path of a moving vehicle or put themselves in imminent danger as a pedestrian....More

The research program, aimed at improving highway safety, was launched a year ago and has about six months to go. So far, UMTRI has generated 37,500 V2V interactions as the vehicles have logged 6 million miles of driving....More

Electric cars simply are more convenient than gasoline cars and will only become more so. My electric car is always full. This is because I plug it in every night. I almost never have to take it to the garage, because upgrades/fixes are downloaded overnight....More